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County Londonderry. Contae Dhoire[3] is the Irish name; Coontie Lunnonderrie is its name in Ulster Scots. [4] County Londonderry (Ulster-Scots: Coontie Lunnonderrie), also known as County Derry (Irish: Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster.
Derry. Derry, [a] officially Londonderry, [b][8] is the largest city in County Londonderry, the second-largest in Northern Ireland [9][10] and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland. [11] The old walled city lies on the west bank of the River Foyle, which is spanned by two road bridges and one footbridge.
History of Derry. Cannon on the Derry Walls. The Bogside is on the left. The earliest references to the history of Derry date to the 6th century when a monastery was founded there; however, archaeological sites and objects predating this have been found. The name Derry comes from the Old Irish word Daire (modern: Doire) meaning 'oak grove' or ...
Derry city walls. Derry's walls, also known as the Walls of Derry, were originally built by the Irish Society between 1613 and 1619, under the supervision of the London builder and architect Peter Benson. They were built with the intention of protecting the Scottish and English planters that had moved to Ulster as part of the Plantation of ...
The following is a list of townlands sorted by parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland: [1] Parishes ... County Londonderry, Northern Ireland; Maps Of ...
This is a list of cities, towns, villages, parishes and hamlets in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. See the list of places in Northern Ireland for places in other counties. Towns are listed in bold .
UK. Northern Ireland. County Londonderry. 54°55′41″N 6°55′30″W / 54.928°N 6.925°W / 54.928; -6.925. Dungiven (from Irish Dún Geimhin, meaning 'Gevin's fort') [1] is a small town, townland and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is near the main A6 Belfast to Derry road, which bypasses the town.
The majority of County Londonderry was carved out of Tyrone between 1610 and 1620 when that land went to the Guilds of London to set up profit making schemes based on natural resources located there. Tyrone was the traditional stronghold of the various O'Neill clans and families, the strongest of the Gaelic Irish families in Ulster , surviving ...